MARYLAND
MARCH 25 1634
THE SETTLEMENT
OF MARYLAND:
On 25t of March, 1624,
three hundred eighty four years ago, the first colonist
to Maryland, arrived at St.
Clements Island, about twelve miles from Point Lookout
on the Chesapeak Bay up
the Potomac River, to St. Mary's River, and found the
settlement of St. Marys.
King Charles I of England
, in 1632, had granted George Calvert, the first Lord
Baltimore, proprietary
rights to the region east of the Potomac River in exchange
for a tax on the income
derived off the land.
Maryland was named for
Henrietta Maria, consort of Charles I.
When George Clavert died,
his son Cecilus took control and established a haven for
Roman Catholic's being
persecuted in England.
The select group arrived
at St. Clements aboard the Ark and the Dove.
Source:
www.history.comthisdayinhistory.com
History.com staff.
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